Special Message
12/22/1863
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But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.
while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...